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Italian cinema: All genres
A ciascuno il suo (1967)
Elio Petri
In a small Sicilian town a pharmacist named Manno begins receiving anonymous letters threatening him with death. Because Manno has something of a reputation as a Don Juan no one takes the death threats seriously, until he is shot dead, along with his friend Roscio, during a hunting trip...
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Elio Petri
A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
Sergio Leone
A stranger rides into a small Mexican border town on a mule and is surprised to find the town almost deserted. An innkeeper, Silvanito, tells him that two rival families are fighting to take control of the town - the Rojos and the Baxters...
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Sergio Leone
Accattone (1961)
Pier Paolo Pasolini
In the slums outside Rome, a young man nicknamed Accattone passes the time with his friends, all of whom have no prospect or desire to find an honest job...
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Pier Paolo Pasolini
Amarcord (1973)
Federico Fellini
Italy in the 1930s. In an ordinary seaside town, the locals are celebrating the end of winter and the arrival of spring. The rise of Mussolini's fascist party is welcomed as a sign of rebirth and the townsfolk happily prostrate themselves before the image of Il Duce...
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Federico Fellini
Au-delà des grilles (1949)
René Clément
Pierre is on the run from the police, careful to evade capture after murdering the mistress who dared to be unfaithful to him... [More...]
René Clément
Pierre is on the run from the police, careful to evade capture after murdering the mistress who dared to be unfaithful to him... [More...]
L'Avventura (1960)
Michelangelo Antonioni
A party of wealthy holiday makers from Rome are enjoying a yachting excursion off the coast of Sicily. Soon after they arrive on a deserted volcanic island, one of the group - a young woman named Anna - mysteriously disappears... [More...]
Michelangelo Antonioni
A party of wealthy holiday makers from Rome are enjoying a yachting excursion off the coast of Sicily. Soon after they arrive on a deserted volcanic island, one of the group - a young woman named Anna - mysteriously disappears... [More...]
The Barefoot Contessa (1954)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
At the funeral of Maria Vargas, the men who fashioned her into a myth remember their part in her tragic life. Burned out film director Harry Dawes recalls how he went to Spain with his rich but artistically ignorant film producer Kirk Edwards to persuade the unknown Maria, a cabaret dancer, to take up a career in the movie business... [More...]
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
At the funeral of Maria Vargas, the men who fashioned her into a myth remember their part in her tragic life. Burned out film director Harry Dawes recalls how he went to Spain with his rich but artistically ignorant film producer Kirk Edwards to persuade the unknown Maria, a cabaret dancer, to take up a career in the movie business... [More...]
La Bataille d'Alger (1966)
Gillo Pontecorvo
In 1957, Algeria is a divided country, with an ever-growing fraction of the population wanting to gain independence from France... [More...]
Gillo Pontecorvo
In 1957, Algeria is a divided country, with an ever-growing fraction of the population wanting to gain independence from France... [More...]
Beat the Devil (1953)
John Huston
Billy Dannreuther and his wife Maria are on their way to make their fortune in Africa, but are held up in an Italian port whilst their steamboat undergoes some repair work... [More...]
John Huston
Billy Dannreuther and his wife Maria are on their way to make their fortune in Africa, but are held up in an Italian port whilst their steamboat undergoes some repair work... [More...]
Bellissima (1951)
Luchino Visconti
Maddalena Cecconi is a nurse who lives in a slum district of Rome. Her husband Spartaco barely earns enough to pay the rent and the couple face eviction from their cramped lodgings... [More...]
Luchino Visconti
Maddalena Cecconi is a nurse who lives in a slum district of Rome. Her husband Spartaco barely earns enough to pay the rent and the couple face eviction from their cramped lodgings... [More...]
Blaise Pascal (1972)
Roberto Rossellini
Blaise Pascal is 16 years old when his family moves to Rouen in 1639 so that his father Étienne can take up his new position as the king's commissioner of taxes... [More...]
Roberto Rossellini
Blaise Pascal is 16 years old when his family moves to Rouen in 1639 so that his father Étienne can take up his new position as the king's commissioner of taxes... [More...]
Les Bonnes femmes (1960)
Claude Chabrol
Four attractive young women who work together in an electrical appliance shop do all they can to escape from the tedious monotony of their uneventful lives... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
Four attractive young women who work together in an electrical appliance shop do all they can to escape from the tedious monotony of their uneventful lives... [More...]
Borsalino (1970)
Jacques Deray
Marseille, 1930. After completing a six month stretch in prison, Roch Siffredi returns to his girlfriend to find her in the company of another man, François Capella... [More...]
Jacques Deray
Marseille, 1930. After completing a six month stretch in prison, Roch Siffredi returns to his girlfriend to find her in the company of another man, François Capella... [More...]
Cadaveri eccellenti (1976)
Francesco Rosi
Investigating the murder of two important magistrates, Varga and Sanza, in a small town in the south of Italy, Inspector Rogas soon has good reason to belief that the two crimes are connected... [More...]
Francesco Rosi
Investigating the murder of two important magistrates, Varga and Sanza, in a small town in the south of Italy, Inspector Rogas soon has good reason to belief that the two crimes are connected... [More...]
La Caduta degli dei (1969)
Luchino Visconti
Germany, 1933. As the Nazis' grip on their country increases, a family of wealthy industrialists strive to turn the situation to their advantage... [More...]
Luchino Visconti
Germany, 1933. As the Nazis' grip on their country increases, a family of wealthy industrialists strive to turn the situation to their advantage... [More...]
Le Carrosse d'or (1953)
Jean Renoir
In the 18th Century, a travelling band of actors arrive in a Spanish colony in South America. When they are invited to perform before the royal court, the Viceroy, Ferdinand, instantly falls in love with the leading performer, Camilla... [More...]
Jean Renoir
In the 18th Century, a travelling band of actors arrive in a Spanish colony in South America. When they are invited to perform before the royal court, the Viceroy, Ferdinand, instantly falls in love with the leading performer, Camilla... [More...]
Cartesius [TV] (1974)
Roberto Rossellini
By the time he leaves the Jesuit school he has attended since childhood, René Descartes has a keen fascination for mathematics and philosophy... [More...]
Roberto Rossellini
By the time he leaves the Jesuit school he has attended since childhood, René Descartes has a keen fascination for mathematics and philosophy... [More...]
Catene (1949)
Raffaello Matarazzo
In Naples, Rosa leads a contented family life with her husband Guglielmo, the owner of a garage, and two young children. One day, her world is thrown into a turmoil when her former fiancée Emilio appears from nowhere and reminds her of their idyllic romance before the war... [More...]
Raffaello Matarazzo
In Naples, Rosa leads a contented family life with her husband Guglielmo, the owner of a garage, and two young children. One day, her world is thrown into a turmoil when her former fiancée Emilio appears from nowhere and reminds her of their idyllic romance before the war... [More...]
Cento giorni a Palermo (1984)
Giuseppe Ferrara
In the spring of 1982, General Dalla Chiesa gives up his plans of early retirement and instead assumes the responsibilities of police chief in one of the most crime-ridden places in Europe, the Sicilian town of Palermo... [More...]
Giuseppe Ferrara
In the spring of 1982, General Dalla Chiesa gives up his plans of early retirement and instead assumes the responsibilities of police chief in one of the most crime-ridden places in Europe, the Sicilian town of Palermo... [More...]
Le Château de verre (1950)
René Clément
Evelyne Bertal could not be happier, living the kind of life most people would envy in Berne with her devoted husband Laurent, a lawyer... [More...]
René Clément
Evelyne Bertal could not be happier, living the kind of life most people would envy in Berne with her devoted husband Laurent, a lawyer... [More...]
La Ciociara (1960)
Vittorio De Sica
In the summer of 1943, Rome is under constant bombardment. A young widow named Cesira flees the capital with her 13-year-old daughter, Rosetta, and returns to her home village in the mountainous Ciociaria region of Italy... [More...]
Vittorio De Sica
In the summer of 1943, Rome is under constant bombardment. A young widow named Cesira flees the capital with her 13-year-old daughter, Rosetta, and returns to her home village in the mountainous Ciociaria region of Italy... [More...]
Classe tous risques (1960)
Claude Sautet
Doggedly pursued by the police, seasoned gangster Abel Davos evades capture by fleeing to Italy with his wife Thérèse and their two young sons... [More...]
Claude Sautet
Doggedly pursued by the police, seasoned gangster Abel Davos evades capture by fleeing to Italy with his wife Thérèse and their two young sons... [More...]
Copie conforme (2010)
Abbas Kiarostami
A middle-aged French woman travels to Italy to attend a conference at which an English writer, James, is to promote his new book... [More...]
Abbas Kiarostami
A middle-aged French woman travels to Italy to attend a conference at which an English writer, James, is to promote his new book... [More...]
Darò un milione (1937)
Mario Camerini
Monsieur Gold may be one of the wealthiest men in France, but he is bored with life and decides to drown himself by jumping from his luxury yacht... [More...]
Mario Camerini
Monsieur Gold may be one of the wealthiest men in France, but he is bored with life and decides to drown himself by jumping from his luxury yacht... [More...]
La Decima vittima (1965)
Elio Petri
In the not too distant future, human aggression is channelled away from war and into a government-licensed murder game known as The Big Hunt... [More...]
Elio Petri
In the not too distant future, human aggression is channelled away from war and into a government-licensed murder game known as The Big Hunt... [More...]
Desiderio (1946)
Marcello Pagliero
Paola Previtali is a young woman from the country who makes a living as a prostitute in Rome. One day, she is badly shaken when she arrives at a spot where a desperate woman has recently fallen to her death, a suicide... [More...]
Marcello Pagliero
Paola Previtali is a young woman from the country who makes a living as a prostitute in Rome. One day, she is badly shaken when she arrives at a spot where a desperate woman has recently fallen to her death, a suicide... [More...]
Divorzio all'italiana (1961)
Pietro Germi
Baron Ferdinando Cefalu is a Sicilian nobleman who has fallen on hard times and reached a crisis point in his life. The descendant of one of the island's most important families, he leads an idle existence as his relatives carelessly fritter away the last remains of his fortune... [More...]
Pietro Germi
Baron Ferdinando Cefalu is a Sicilian nobleman who has fallen on hard times and reached a crisis point in his life. The descendant of one of the island's most important families, he leads an idle existence as his relatives carelessly fritter away the last remains of his fortune... [More...]
La Dolce vita (1960)
Federico Fellini
Marcello Rubini is an Italian gossip columnist who loves to bask in the reflected glory of the rich and famous, his only chance of enjoying the sweet life of Rome's upper set... [More...]
Federico Fellini
Marcello Rubini is an Italian gossip columnist who loves to bask in the reflected glory of the rich and famous, his only chance of enjoying the sweet life of Rome's upper set... [More...]
Don't Look Now (1973)
Nicolas Roeg
John and Laura Baxter are a young couple who are both profoundly traumatised when their five-year-old daughter Christine drowns accidentally at their home... [More...]
Nicolas Roeg
John and Laura Baxter are a young couple who are both profoundly traumatised when their five-year-old daughter Christine drowns accidentally at their home... [More...]